
Christian Lillebø Alsing
Dato: 30.januar
Location: Auditorium, Armauer Hansens Hus, Haukelandsveien 28
Title of the thesis: "Myocardial infarction and stroke in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Incidence and trends over 45 years"

The University of Bergen has been awarded the Environmental Lighthouse of the Year 2025 award in the group and large enterprises category. The jury's justification highlights that UiB "has demonstrated targeted and comprehensive environmental management over time", and that the university's climate and environmental work is firmly anchored in top management and produces documentable results.

Global Societal Challenges (GSU) is one of three priority areas at the University of Bergen. Funding is allocated to various activities such as events, visiting scholar stays, seminars, and other initiatives that can help develop cross faculty research projects related to the theme of “inequality” in a broad sense. Applications should include concrete plans for continued research collaboration and the submission of proposals to external funding sources. Application deadline: 1 March 2026.

UiB has received 5.3 million euros from the EU for the PRoRota project, which will investigate whether probiotics, better hygiene education and mathematical models can reduce child mortality related to diarrhea in low- and middle-income countries. The project tests whether probiotics can improve the effect of the rotavirus vaccine in a large study with 4,000 newborns in Tanzania, Malawi and Ivory Coast. In addition, a warning system for rotavirus outbreaks is being developed and research is being conducted on how WASH routines can work better in practice.

On April 13–14, 2026, professional communities from all over the country will gather at Scandic Ishavshotell when the national professional conference KreftREHAB is held in Tromsø for the first time. The conference is the year's most important meeting place for everyone working with cancer rehabilitation, and offers two days of professional in-depth study, inspiration and networking.